Membership Information
How do I join the church?
Everyone sixteen years old and over, who regularly attends worship and pledges to the church, is technically a member of the church with the right to vote at our Annual Meeting. But as adults, there can be turning points in our lives when we are called to stand up and make a public commitment to our deepest values – when we want to claim our place in our community and say out loud, “This is my commitment; this is who and what I worship; this is what I live by.”
Confirmation
Once a year, usually in the summer, we make that commitment in a special service called “Confirmation.” This is a sacramental rite that honors the importance of claiming, as adults, our mature commitment to Christ. It is also a ritual that “seals” one’s full membership in the church. All new members of the church are invited to make this deeper commitment. Many people who join Incarnation have been previously confirmed in other denominations. We recognize these confirmations as valid in the Episcopal Church when they are expressions of an adult commitment to Christ. In those cases, we ritually receive the person into the Episcopal Church – it happens at the same service, and the bishop still prays over you, it’s just called “reception” instead of “confirmation.”
This is the path to confirmation or reception:
For Adults (over 18):
- Participation in the Inquirers Class (click link to find out the next dates for classes).
- Participation in Via Media (click link to find out the next dates for classes).
- Participation in a one-day retreat (date TBA, is historically the day before Confirmation itself).
Contact Fr. Matthew Lawrence revml@incarnation-sr.org or Mitch Garcia smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org for details.
From the Rector
Worship Services
We offer 3 Sunday Services:
- 8 am - Traditional
- 9:15 am - More informal and family-oriented
- 11:15 am - More formal with classical chior